| Dr. Chunrong Ai |
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Professor Ai received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990. After serving on the faculty of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Professor Ai joined the Florida faculty as an assistant professor in 1994. He was awarded tenure in 1998, and was promoted to the rank of full professor in 2006. Professor Ai has also served as a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Ai conducts both theoretical and applied econometric research, and is widely published in the leading journals in econometrics. His applied research includes an examination of the effects of incentive regulation in the United States’ telecommunications industry, estimation of the demand for housing by elderly citizens, and an analysis of the impact of international students on economic growth.